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Irine Galanaki Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Will or not?

Hi to all!

I have a conflict with a friend of mine whether we can use 'will' after when or not.

I state that after time words like: when, till, until, as soon as etc we do not use 'will'.

Can you please clarify that to us?
  

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Irine Galanaki I state that after time words like: when, till, until, as soon as etc we do not use 'will'. Are these some sentences you were thinking of? On the train or plane: When will we arrive in Berlin?

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  • Irine Galanaki I state that after time words like: when, till, until, as soon as etc we do not use 'will'.
  • Are these some sentences you were thinking of?
  • On the train or plane: When will we arrive in Berlin?
  • No one knows when Godot will come, but still, they wait.
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Irine GalanakiI state that after time words like: when, till, until, as soon as etc we do not use 'will'.
Are these some sentences you were thinking of?

On the train or plane: When will we arrive in Berlin?

No one knows when Godot will come, but still, they wait.
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So, you claim that after when we can use will?

For me it sounds better to say: When are you going to be back? or When are you back? and not When will you be back?

Please argue on basing on the grammar theory:)

Thank you in advance.
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Irine GalanakiWhen will you be back?
This question is correct.

We normally don't use 'will' in time clauses: I will leave when he arrives.
As you can see, the first part of the sentence already points to the future.
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Irine GalanakiWhen will you be back?
I use this quite often. It is grammatically correct to use "when" and "will" together in a direct or indirect question, because it is absolute in time. It is not correct in other cases where two actions are related to each other in time.

When we leave, grandma will go with us.
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